Why The Phrase 'Do What You Love' Is Easier Said Than Done

Look, finding what you love doing is quite complicated by itself. In some ways, it is no simpler than finding the one, i.e. your life partner. The answer to both of these questions is pretty much the same. Love happens and they say ‘it just happens' because no one can ever define it in a line or even a book. If they could define it then they could overpower it and solve this mystery and thus save a lot of from the otherwise inevitable misery. Are you getting my point?

So, what do we do?

If it is just destined to happen, what can we do? How will we ever find out what we actually love doing? Well, there are two ways:

1. Either it comes our way and if at that moment our gut feeling says yes, than this is it. This is what I enjoy doing. This is what gives me peace or is like meditation to me. Something that makes you forget every worry out there in the world and leaves you with soothing background music in your heart. We're pretty sure that that feeling is IT! You feel like your existence depends on it and you were born to do so. If some day that opportunity knocks, do not ignore it for long. It could just fade away.

2. As humans, we are not made just to sit still till we find the answers to our questions. This method is pretty much under your control. Sometimes, you need to give yourself some time alone and focus on what you loved doing as a child or a teenager or something you were naturally good at. Something that comes to you naturally, that you've never needed to work hard at. You need to sit and observe the pattern and then take action.

And here if you can get a slight picture of what you enjoyed doing then you can take a chance on that. I would say draw a picture of yourself of being in the best phase of your career you can imagine for yourself. And then if you slowly get to know what you love doing then take baby steps to reach that goal and that is it. Nothing special. All that was needed was a bit of courage and hard work.

And if nothing pops up. Try to focus on something you currently enjoy doing or go out and explore your interests and come up with something that excites you. You gotta keep on trying and keep on moving ahead to find what you enjoy doing.

Now, this thing could be anything like your love of photography, dance, writing, cooking or even the minutest one that is not even considered as a profession today. But, as an example, primitive man did not know how to operate a computer or dance or be a city guide or a mountain biker. Things evolve.

You need to take care of two important things first :

1. You might enjoy doing something for some time or get attracted to a certain kind of lifestyle. Take a moment and see if it has started draining your energy. If it is, then it is a sign that you need a change. You need to be true yourself.

2. If you have found what you love, now you need to put all your effort into there. If you don't strike while the iron is hot, you may never get this opportunity again.

-If you are an engineer, studying for SSC, GATE, and other bank exams even though you have zero interest in that. You need to change. You just don't need to survive, you need to live.

-You are afraid of that switch or change. You fear that maybe that change will not pay you as much your current job does. But one day you will reach your threshold and then it will be much tougher. So do it now! And if you take that chance, one day you will get so much you won't even bother to count.

-You are just thinking about it but not doing it. Want to get pumped up? See how entrepreneurs are changing the world around them and follow their examples.

-Don't know what you should do? You can go be a surfer, a mountain biker, a ski jumper, a sprinter, a writer, a coder, a director, a manager, a fashion designer, an actor, a pianist, a YouTuber, a stand-up comedian or whatever you like. The universe is full of surprises, you just need to believe in it.

The main point is that those ends should meet. Suppose you are a point in a universe and there is a point somewhere in space which is your eventual goal. The end result is that it does not matter how these two points meet but that they actually meet. Either that point comes to you or you go reach out to that point. They should become one. That is the whole point of it all.

If everybody started doing that, fewer people would die out of frustration, heart attacks, and suicide and would live a more fulfilling and deserving lives. Don't you think so?

Your love towards your work and your partner is very important to create that balance. The tune will automatically be set. You just need to look for it and then give your hundred percent to maintain it.

It is inside you, you just need to be true to yourself and embrace the truth. And then just do it.

Albert Einstein, Elon Musk, Hans Zimmer, Steve Jobs, Usain Bolt, none of them got there in a minute. They worked for it with all their might and their dreams took lot of time to achieve.

Before 20 and after 70, you can sit back and enjoy your life but between 20 to 70 is where you actually put in the work. It is the biggest portion of your life. You better make it good use of it!

And remember “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”― Mae West